Sectional molded wood roof-gutter.



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H. E. GALLAGHER.

sBcTIoNAL MOLDED Woon Roof1 GUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED AIBQB. 1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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HUGH E. GALLAGHER, 0F PORTLAND, GREGON.

SECTIONAL MOLDED WOGD ROOF-GUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

Application filed April 3, 1911. Serial No. 618,765.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, HUGH E. GALLAGHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon,

useful Improvement in Sectional Molded lood Roof-Gutters, of which the following;

My invention also has for its object toi which may bel use small pieces of wood machined into shape without great waste, and yet build the parts so obtained into a gutter having a large water space, and embodying comparatively little material for the size of the gutter; also to so construct the parts of my gutter that the sections thereof may dried, being very thin, in a kiln.

Another object is to make the longitudt; nal joints between the pieces or sections` water-tight, and to reinforce them by a series of interlocking tongues and grooves. rIhe transverse joints between the abutting sections are also reinforced and made water-` tight by suitable tongue-like metal strips embedded in the abutting sections.

Finally it is my purpose to obtain a gutter; which is very durable and also of neat ajo-1 plate Zz.

pearance in general.

These features and others embodied in my invention are hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a projection of my gutter as constructed when composed of three parts, and illustrating how the lon-- gitudinal joints of the parts are made watertight by means of interlocking tongues; also showing my method of joining the abutting ends of the sections with metal tongues; Fig. 2 is a cross section of another mode of constructing a three-part gutter, and more particularly illustrates the use of metal tongues or splines for making the longitudinal joints water-tight; Fig. 3 is a cross-I have invented a new and` to provide built from a plurality of;

thereby prel be thoroughly and rapidly,

section of a two-part gutter formed with' molded faces at the joint for the purpose of aiding the metal splines or tongues in making a water-tight joint; Fig. t is a detail of the metal joint plates used for joining the abutting ends of the straight side of the gutter sections; Fig. 5 shows one of the metal joint plates used for uniting the abutting ends of the bottom parts of the gutter sections; and Figs. 6 and 7 are diagrammatic sections, illustrating the means employed for obtaining a water-tight joint at the crevices between the abutting ends of two side sections overlying a bottom section, and. vice versa, at the crevice between the abutting ends of two bottom sections underlying a side section.

The bottom part, a, in Fig. 1 is made with grooves, a, a to receive the tongues, Z9, c', on the side-parts b, c. \The side-parts are fastened to the bottom parts by a series of wood screws (Z placed at uniform distances along the entire length of the gutter. To further strengthen the structure, a series of transverse metal braces, e, are mounted inside the trough of the gutter. The abut ting ends of the sides of the gutter are joined together by means of joint-plates. The near corner of the straight side-part Z) is broken away to show that the abutting ends of the curved side-parts, 0, c2, are joined by a metal joint-plate j". In order to obtain rigidity at the joint so formed, the plate f is made with an angular integral member g. The metal joint-plate h provides a water-tight joint between the abutting ends of the straight side-sections, b, and the rigidity of the latter is maintained by the angular member Zz', integral on the The abutting ends of the sections of the bottom part, a, are held together by a plate lo, a detail of which is shown in Fig. 5; said plate 7c being curved relatively to the bottom piece a, as shown. The transverse 'j oints of all the parts are staggered throughout the assembled parts] In place of the tongues and grooves used in Fig. 1, metal tongues or splines, as j, j', shown in Fig. 2, may be used to join the parts, Z, Z, m, and render them,watertight along their longitudinal joints; said metal tongues being inserted in kerfs therefor provided in the abutting faces of the parts. The parts z', Z, m, as apparent, are the equivalents of the described parts a., fb, c; and the joint plates, f2, h2, are the equivalents of f and h in Fig. 1. The sections of this gutter,

in short, are joined together substantially in i the same manner as shown in Fig. 1. This gutter is braced by rods ase.

In Fig. 3 the abutting faces forming the longitudinal joints, n, of the sides, e, t, are so shaped as to interlock, in order to aid the work of the metal tongues 0, in rendering, lthe joint water-tight. The joint-plates, g., r,

are made substantially like the plates f, L,

and f2, h2, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except that the lower ends g', r" are formed to conform with the shapes of the sides s, t. This glitter is braced by rods like 29 in the same manner as in Fig. 1.

,ils obvious, all the jolntplates and tongues constitute reinforcing means, giving rigidity and strength to the parts at the joints. To augment this feature, all the joint plates are made in the form of angle irons, f, 7L, and their equivalents are preferably formed with extensions as g3, g3, and ILS, ha (see detaily Fig. l!) so as to provide for longitudinal rigidity.

In Fig. 6 are shown the means employed for `obtaining a water-tight joint between the abutting end faces of the two side-sections represented by b2, b3, and an underlying bot- .tom section represented by a2. As already described, these parts are connected by means of a tongue plate like It. The abutting faces of the side-sections, 52, t?, are represented by the parallel lines b4, said abutting ends being made with kerfs in which to insert the tongues; said kerfs being represented by the lines b5, t6. The bottom edge 7,# `of the side-sections are forced down upon the supporting face of the bottom section, said sharp ,edge L* will slightly penetrate, and in so doing contribute toward forming a watertight joint. The bottom edge .t4 is further preferably made with a centrally located tongue u, so as to bring about ,a deeper penetration vvo f the bottom edge of the joint plate 7L. directly under the abutting faces b4, also to insure a water-tight oint.

The sharp points, o, c, yshown as formed centrally in the ends of the tongue la (compare Figs. 1 and 5) serve the same purpose as the tongues u. The `edges fics of the tongues la need not be made sharp. The tongues la are inserted in kerfs therefor cut in the abutting ends of two bottom sections, Said ends Z103 are made with lugs, 702 which, when the parts are assembled, as illustrated .in Fig. 1, will lie between the opposed faces lof 'the bottom and ySide sections, and hold the tongues [c against slipping sidewise in the {kerfs when the bottom' sections are driven together.

l',Vlhen parts are assembled, the tongues e, e will be vin registration with the erevices between the abutting end-faces of two bottoni sections, and will form a water-'tight jointfor such crevice, as diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 7.

I claim:

1. In a device comprising abutting bottom and side sections, tongue and groove-like means for joining the sections along their abutting faces, the abutting ends of the sections being m-ade with kerfs, the parts of the sections being arranged so as to stagger the joints formed by the abutting cn'ds of the side sections with respect to those of the botto-m section, so as to bring a joint 'opposite a .solid piece, a joint plate inserted in vsaid kerfs, the extremity of said joint plate driven into the rface of the solid piece so that the crevice in the abutting end faces of the members of a joint is blocked by said joint plate at the juncture of said joint with the said solid piece.

2. In a sectional molded wood gutter, a plurality of abutting bottom and side sections; tongue and groove-like means for joining the side and bottom sections along their longitudinal abutting faces, the abutting ends of the sections being made with lrerfs; joint plates inserted in said lrerfs; the kerfs of the ends of the bottom 'sections and the joint plates therein inserted being curved lsubstantially concentric with the inner face of the bottom of the gutter; and the joint plates of .the bottom sections being formed on their ends with lugs adapted to lie between the opposed faces of the bottom and side sections .and serving to hold said joint plates against lateral displacement while the bottom sections are driven together endwise.

3. In a sectional molded wood gutter, a plurality of abutting bottom and side sections; tongue and groove-like means for joining the side and bottom sections along their longitudinal abutting faces, the abutting ends of the sections being made with kerfs; joint plates inserted in said kerfs;

said joint vplates being made with an integral pointed lug 'at the inner extremity, .and said lug being adapted and located to block the crevice lbetween the abutting end-faces of the bottom and side sections at the junc- 1 ture with the upper faces of the bottom sections.

44. In a sectional molded wood gutter, a plurality of abutting bottom and side sections; tongue and groove-like means for joining the ,side and bot-tom sections valong their longitudinal abutting faces, the Vabutting ends of the sections lbeing 'made with lerfs; joint plates inserted in said lrerfs; the jfOnt plates of the kerfs for the side sec- K `tions being formed at their upper end s with channel-like portions embracing the exterior portion of the 'top o f .the sides; and said joint plates being made with an integral pointed lug at the inner extremity, and said lug being adapted and located to block the crevice between the abutting end-faces of the bottom and side sections at the juncture with the upper faces of the bottom sections.

5. In a sectional molded wood gutter, a plurality of abutting bottom and side sections; tongue and groove-like means for joining the side and bottom sections along their longitudinal abutting faces, the abutting ends of the sections being made with kerfs; joint plates inserted in said kerfs; the joint plates of the kerfs for the side sections being formed at their upper ends with channel-like portions embracing the exterior portion of the top of the sides; the outer member of said channel-like portions formed with lateral extensions; and said joint plates being made with an integral pointed lug at the inner extremity, and said lug being adapted and located to block the crevice between the abutting end-faces of the bottom and side sections at the juncture with the upper faces of the bottom sections.

6. In a sectional molded wood gutter, a plurality of abutting bottom and side sections; tongue and groove-like means for joining the side and bottom sections along their longitudinal abutting faces, the abutting ends of the sections being made with kerfs; joint plates inserted in said kerfs; the joint plates of the kerfs for the side sections being formed at their upper ends with channel-like portions embracing the exterior portion of the top of the sides; the outer member of said channel-like portions formed with lateral extensions; the kerfs of the ends of the bottom sections and the joint plates therein inserted being curved substantially concentric with the inner face of the bottom of the gutter; said joint plates being made with an integral pointed lug at the inner extremity, and said lug being adapted and located to block the crevices between the abutting end-faces of the bottom and side sections at the juncture with the upper faces of the bottom sections; and the joint plates of the bottom sections being formed on their ends with lugs adapted to lie between the opposed faces of the bottom and side sections and serving to hold said joint plates against lateral displacement while the bottom sections are driven together endwise.

7. In a sectional molded wood gutter, a plurality of abutting bottom and side sections made of wood with the grain substantially perpendicular to the faces exposed at the interior of the gutter; tongue and groove-like means for joining the side and bottom sections along their longitudinal abutting faces, the abutting ends of the sections being made with kerfs; joint plates inserted in said kerfs; the joint plates of the kerfs for the side sections being formed at their upper ends with channel-like portions embracing the exterior portion of the top of the sides; the outer member of said channellike portions formed with lateral extensions; the kerfs of the ends of the bottom sections and the joint plates therein inserted being curved substantially concentric with the inner face of the bottom of the gutter; said joint plates being made with an integral pointed lug at the inner extremity, and said lug being adapted and located to block the crevices between the abutting end-faces of the bottom and side sections at the juncture with the upper faces of the bottom sections; and the. joint plates of the bottom sections being formed on their ends with lugs adapted to lie between the opposed faces of the bottom and side sections and serving to hold said joint plates against lateral displacement while the bottom sections are driven together endwise.

HUGH E. GALLAGHER. Witnesses CECIL LONG, W. LEWIS Goor.

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